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February 01, 1999

Wisconsin Lawyer February 1999: Personal Mentions

Personal Mentions

Wayne A. Arnold, U.W. 1974, recently was named Trustee of the Year by the Wisconsin Health and Hospital Association. Arnold is chair of the board of Lakeview Medical Center, Rice Lake, and is private bar liaison with the State Public Defender.

John Barrett, U.W. 1994, has been elected Milwaukee County Clerk of Circuit Court. Barrett formerly was legal counsel in Milwaukee County's Department of Child Support Enforcement. He also was chair of the Child Support Council for the State Bar Government Lawyers Division.

Penny G. Gentges, Syracuse 1988, has become a shareholder in the Milwaukee law firm of Bass & Moglowsky S.C. She practices consumer bankruptcy and Wisconsin Consumer Act litigation. Claire Ann Resop, U.W. 1993, has joined the firm as an associate, focusing on creditor's rights litigation.

Cynthia Obremski Bauer, Marquette 1983, has been promoted to vice president at Marquette University. She continues to hold the title of general counsel for the university.

Andrew S. Brignone, U.W. 1974, a founding senior partner in the Nevada law firm of Schreck Morris, was named Best Labor Lawyer in Nevada in the October 1998 edition of Nevada Business Journal.

Christopher J. Brown, U.W. 1986, recently spoke at the Asian-based Inter-Pacific Bar Association annual meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, on the role of lawyers instructed by marine liability insurers following spills by oil tankers in Asia. He also spoke at the International Bar Association annual meeting in Vancouver on legal and insurance issues following a modern Titanic-like passenger vessel casualty. He is a director of Gard Asia (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong.

Mark Butterfield, U.W. 1986, has been reappointed to a second three-year term as chief trial judge of the Ho Chunk Nation Court System.

Nicholas Bykowsky, Oklahoma City University 1977, has been appointed a senior assistant attorney general for the state of Florida in its tax section. Based in Tallahassee, he represents the Florida Department of Revenue in civil tax litigation on a statewide basis in trials and appeals. He formerly practiced with Moen, Sheehan & Meyer Ltd., La Crosse.

Robert W. Cannon, Marquette 1954, special counsel in Saul, Ewing, Weinberg & Green's real estate department in its Maryland office, recently received the Stuart M. Macht Award by the Baltimore county executive, the Baltimore County Department of Economic Development, and the chambers of commerce and business associations throughout Baltimore County. The award is presented for outstanding contributions in the area of economic development. Cannon also received the Maryland State Bar Association's Pro Bono award in 1997.

Keith B. Daniel Jr., U.W. 1988, has joined Blatt, Hammesfahr & Eaton, Chicago, Ill., as an associate. He heads the firm's professional indemnity practice, which includes complex insurance coverage litigation and employment practices issues.

Michelle L. Danielson, Marquette 1996, has joined the Milwaukee law firm of Halling & Cayo S.C. as an associate practicing in civil litigation and worker's compensation.

Maurice D. Jones, Illinois 1988, has rejoined Davis & Kuelthau S.C. as a shareholder. He joins the corporate and real estate sections, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, general business and commercial law matters, and commercial real estate financing. Prior to rejoining Davis & Kuelthau, Jones served as in-house legal counsel for Banta Corporation in Menasha. Paul G. Kent, U.W. 1981, has joined the firm's Madison office as a shareholder in the environmental section. He will focus on water and wetlands issues, wastewater permitting, site remediation, and complex permitting issues for large developments. He is an adjunct professor/lecturer at the U.W. Law School and author of Wisconsin's Water Law - A Guide to Water Rights and Regulations. Nancy J. Delacenserie, U.W. 1983, and Tanya C. O'Neill, Drake 1998, also have joined the firm's Madison office. Delacenserie joins the public finance section, serving as bond counsel to counties, cities, villages, towns, and technical college districts on matters involving short-term tax-exempt cash flow borrowings, bond referendum, long-term tax-exempt borrowings, taxable borrowings, and industrial development bonds. O'Neill joins the environmental and litigation sections, focusing on environmental law and a broad range of litigation matters.

Stephen A. Edwards, Michigan 1978, has joined Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in Atlanta, Ga., focusing in public and structured finance.

Paul J. Ehlenbach, U.W. 1983, has joined The Boeing Company as chief counsel, litigation. He is responsible for managing the litigation staff at the company's corporate headquarters in Seattle. Ehlenbach previously was a litigation partner in the Seattle office of Perkins Coie.

Raquel L. Engelke, U.W. 1997, has joined McLaren/Hart Environmental Engineering Corp. as an assistant environmental scientist. She will conduct compliance audits, Phase I assessments, due diligence reviews, and assist clients in establishing environmental management systems.

Thomas A. Fessler, Pepperdine 1983, has been promoted to senior counsel for International Paper Co. He formerly was the vice president and general counsel for Dover Elevators in Memphis, Tenn., before joining International Paper in 1996.

Ralph Adam Fine, Columbia Law School 1965, has written The How-To-Win Trial Manual. Published by Juris Publishing Co. of New York, the book is a step-by-step manual on how to win jury and bench trials using two- and three-step modules that work in any case. Gregory P. Joseph, former chair of the ABA Litigation Section, and Prof. James W. McElhaney, columnist on trial practice for the ABA Journal, have praised the book.

Foley & Lardner has created a new practice group to provide a variety of strategic services for clients. John Matthews, who served as Gov. Thompson's chief of staff since 1994, will direct the new Public Affairs Practice Group and be based in the firm's Madison office. U.S. Rep Scott L. Klug, who recently completed his final term in Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District, will be based in the firm's Washington, D.C., office. Raymond R. Carey, U.W. 1992, the director of the Wisconsin Assembly Republican Caucus, will be a member of the new practice group and will work as a practicing attorney in the firm's Madison office. Maureen A. McGinnity, U.W. 1982, a litigation partner in the firm's Milwaukee office, and Daniel A. Kaplan, Marquette 1992, a labor and employment attorney in the firm's Madison office, were recipients of the firm's Lynford Lardner Community Service Award. The award recognizes volunteer activity and involvement in civic affairs.

Fuchs, Snow, O'Connell & DeStefanis S.C. has moved to 620 N. Mayfair Rd., Milwaukee. The firm represents the City of Glendale, Village of Fox Point, Village of Germantown, City of Mequon, and Town of Saukville.

Holly Ann Georgell, U.W. 1993, has joined the recently opened Chicago office of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe LLP, a Richmond, Virginia-based firm. She will concentrate her practice in labor and employment litigation. She previously practiced with Jenner & Block in Chicago. Georgell also serves as the secretary for the Chicago Chapter of the Nonresident Lawyers Division.

Godfrey & Kahn S.C. has added Scott A. Moehrke and Thomas A. Myers to its Board of Directors, and has named Christopher B. Noyes as chair of its corporate practice team. The firm has offices in Appleton, Green Bay, Madison, Milwaukee, and Oshkosh. The firm recently elected as shareholders Carol A. Gehl (securities) and Daniel B. Geraghty (tax and employee benefits). Gehl has been a member of the securities team since 1992 and Geraghty with the tax and employee benefits team since 1994.

Jama S. Graves, South Dakota 1997, has joined Marquardt, Carlson, Koeck, Kirk & Bruni Ltd. of Prairie du Sac and Mazomanie, as an associate practicing in family and business law, and real estate transactions.

Clayton E. Greenberg, U.W. 1998 cum laude, has become a member of the State Bar of Texas and joined Locke Purnell Rain Harrell in Dallas, practicing real estate law.

Mark D. Gundrum, U.W. 1994, has been elected to the State Assembly for the 84th District. He continues to practice law at Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik S.C. while serving as state representative.

Susan Van Schaik, Marquette 1996, and Peter W. McCombs, Marquette 1997, have joined the Milwaukee law firm of Gutglass, Erickson & Bonville S.C. as associates.

Michael P. Herbrand, Marquette 1994 magna cum laude, has become a partner in the Grafton firm of Houseman, Feind, Gallo & Malloy, practicing in municipal law, personal injury, and litigation.

Carl H. Horst, Marquette 1970, has been appointed a supervising deputy attorney general in the San Diego office of the California Attorney General. He formerly served as a Navy judge advocate on active duty until his transfer to the retired list in 1986. Since 1987, he has served as an appellate prosecutor in capital case and major felony appellate litigation.

Henry L. Huser, U.W. 1984, has been elected to the International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers (2d ed.) and selected in a survey by the Global Competition Review as one of the leading international competition lawyers under age 45. He is the resident partner of the Brussels, Belgium, office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Kenneth A. Iwinski, Marquette 1992 magna cum laude, has joined Northland Cranberries Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, as assistant secretary and corporate counsel. He previously was a senior associate with Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols S.C., Milwaukee.

David Kennedy, U.W. 1982, formerly general counsel of EarthShell Corp., recently rejoined the Palo Alto, Calif., office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a partner in the corporate transactions practice group. He will focus on technology transactions, including licensing, acquisitions, strategic alliances, and other transactions involving computer software, semiconductor chips, biomedical, and other technology. Kennedy started with Gibson, Dunn in its Los Angeles office in 1982 and went to EarthShell in 1998 to help take that company public.

The Law Offices of Kepler & Peyton has moved to 634 W. Main St., Ste. 202, Madison. The firm concentrates in bankruptcy and creditor's rights.

Amy V. Kossoris, U.W. 1998, has joined Hale & Wagner S.C. (formerly Hale, Skoglind & Wagner S.C.), Milwaukee, as an associate practicing commercial litigation and personal injury law.

John W. Knuteson, Marquette 1975, Bernard J. Powers, U.W. 1982, and Nancy E. Wheeler, U.W. 1977, have formed Knuteson, Powers & Wheeler S.C. at 601 Lake Ave., 1st Fl., Racine. Knuteson is an attorney/CPA, a Village of Wind Point trustee, and was appointed by Gov. Thompson to serve as a member of the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District (Miller Park) Board. Powers is an attorney/CPA, a member of the State Bar Section of Taxation's board of directors, and an adjunct business law instructor for U.W. Parkside. Wheeler served as a Racine County circuit court judge (1989-96) and as an assistant to Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson (1996-97). The new firm emphasizes corporate and business law, tax, real estate, probate, estate planning, and banking law.

Lathrop & Clark LLP, a century-old law firm with offices in Madison, Poynette, Lodi, and Belleville, recently unveiled a new Web site. The Web site contains information about the firm's services, profiles the lawyers, introduces featured clients, presents articles about current legal issues, provides news about the firm, offers zany tidbits of legal lore, describes job opportunities, delves into firm history, and provides directions for driving to the firm's headquarters in Madison.

Amanda (Simonis) Layden, Marquette 1995, has joined the Milwaukee and Racine law firm of von Briesen, Purtell & Roper S.C. as an associate in its health care practice group focusing on business transactional work.

Philip H. Lucht, U.W. 1991, has joined the Stevens Law Office, Cedarburg, practicing environmental, family, and real estate law.

Laura J. Macaulay, U.W. 1997, has joined Murphy, Sheneman, Julian & Rogers, San Francisco, as an associate practicing in commercial litigation and bankruptcy.

Joseph D. McDevitt, Iowa 1965, a shareholder with Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen S.C., Milwaukee, is leaving the firm to concentrate on arbitration and mediation. McDevitt Mediation Services Inc. has offices at 2600 N. Mayfair Rd., Wauwatosa, WI 53226, (414) 476-888.

Robert E. Meldman, Marquette 1962, an international attorney and shareholder in Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach S.C., recently spoke at the third annual LAWASIA Business Law Conference, "Business Law Development Toward the 21st Century in the Asia and Pacific Region," in Tokyo, Japan. His topic, "Taxation of Cyberspace," focused on how the law of taxation could facilitate, hinder, or prevent the development of the global electronic marketplace. Meldman's practice focuses on tax controversies and the tax aspects of general business and international transactions.

The Madison firm of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP has become part of the Lakeside Group Brownfields Redevelopment Team (The Lakeside Group). The group is a consortium of engineers, planners, and attorneys that restores brownfields for public or private development ventures. Michael Best & Friedrich will tackle insurance and liability issues, real estate transactions, zoning concerns, and other legal issues for the group.

Robert B. Moberly, U.W. 1966, has been named Trustee Research Fellow at the University of Florida College of Law. He continues to serve as professor of law and director of the Institute for Dispute Resolution at the University of Florida.

Christine Olsen, San Diego 1986, has relocated Olsen Law Office to 2503 Grand Ave., Wausau.

David Peterson, U.W. 1991, has rejoined Godfrey & Kahn S.C. as an associate on the litigation practice team, focusing on commercial and employment, and products liability and negligence defense. Prior to returning to Godfrey & Kahn, Peterson was with Peterson, Johnson & Murray for three years.

Michael T. Fitzpatrick, Thomas M. Cooley 1994, and Michael J. Pierski, Marquette 1992, have established a new law office at Pierski & Fitzpatrick Law Offices LLP, 229 E. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1102, Milwaukee.

Beth Rahmig Pless, U.W. 1992 cum laude, has established the Law Offices of Beth Rahmig Pless in Green Bay. She concentrates on providing services on a contract basis to other lawyers needing assistance with legal research and writing, appellate advocacy, and appearances at Fox Valley court proceedings.

Kenneth C. Pletcher, William Mitchell 1998, has joined the law firm of Rodli, Beskar, Boles & Krueger S.C., River Falls, as an associate practicing in bankruptcy, family law, worker's compensation, and general practice.

Shelly Principe, Marquette 1989, is coauthor of a chapter in The Visa Processing Guide: Process and Procedures at U.S. Consulates and Embassies, published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Michael P. Reisterer Jr., Marquette 1989, previously a partner in Richards, Reisterer & Blise S.C., Racine, has formed a partnership with his father, Michael P. Reisterer Sr., Detroit 1968. Reisterer Law Office is located in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Dennis Robertson, U.W. 1970, has been certified as a civil trial advocate through the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Robertson is an attorney with Brennan Steil Basting & McDougal S.C., Madison.

Michael J. Roman, Marquette 1994, has joined the Wausau law firm of Sandfort, Zalewski & Klinner LLP as an associate litigation attorney. The firm concentrates its practice in representing individuals and companies in civil litigation. Roman previously served a three-year term as a judicial law clerk with the District I Court of Appeals in Milwaukee for the Hon. Michael T. Sullivan and the Hon. Patricia Curley.

Paul R.M. Santilli, Marquette 1996, has opened the Law Office of Paul Santilli at 930 E. Knapp St., Suite 24, Milwaukee. The general practice firm emphasizes family law, mediation services, and estate planning.

Matthew L. Schemmel, Boston College 1991, joins Neider & Boucher S.C., Madison, practicing business, corporate, and employment law. He also holds an LL.M. in European Law from the University of London.

Daniel R. Heiden, Marquette 1978, Patricia A. Schober, Marquette 1986, and Judith M. Bostetter, Marquette 1995, all formerly of Heiden & Associates S.C., have opened Schober, Bostetter & Heiden S.C., with offices at 405 N. Calhoun Rd., Ste. 101, Brookfield. The firm will concentrate in real estate and civil litigation. Heiden also has been named vice president and general counsel to Title West Inc., Waukesha.

Sara J. Schwebs, Hamline 1992, has joined The Ramsay Law Firm Ltd., Roseville, Minn., as an associate practicing in criminal defense, personal injury, and family law.

Gordon R. Shea, Marquette 1998, has joined the business affairs department of Hal Leonard Inc., where he will oversee copyright licensing agreements and general corporate matters. The Milwaukee-based corporation is the world's largest publisher of printed music, with offices worldwide. Shea formerly was an assistant in the offices of Special Counsel for the State of Wisconsin for tobacco litigation.

Gilbert L. Southwell III, U.W. 1981, has been named assistant general counsel of the new Firstar Corp. due to its merger with Star Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio. Southwell will support the commercial lending, equipment leasing, international finance, municipal finance, derivatives, commercial real estate, and special asset divisions/subsidiaries of the new Firstar Corp.

Gay Ann Spahn, U.W. 1988, has become associated with Jansson, Shupe, Bridge & Munger Ltd., Racine. Spahn has 11 years of patent experience and formerly was a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

David P. Spangenberg, U.W. 1990, has become a shareholder in the Marinette firm of Faller, Pleger, Wilson & Schwaba S.C. The firm's name has been changed to Wilson, Schwaba & Spangenber S.C. The firm, one of the oldest in the state, has been serving clients in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan since 1883.

Denis Stearns, U.W. 1992, has become a founding partner in Marler Clark, a new Seattle law firm that concentrates in litigation arising from food-borne illness outbreaks. Stearns also is a principal in Outbreak Inc., which provides litigation consultation for the food industry. Stearns' legal practice continues to emphasize complex commercial litigation.

Susanne M. Stoeckmann, Montana 1996, after completing a two-year clerkship with the Montana Supreme Court, has joined the Baraboo office of Quale, Hartmann, Reynolds, Pulsfus & Groeneweg S.C. as an associate attorney.

Robb Bradford Kahl, U.W. 1997, and Peter J. Richter, U.W. 1998, have joined the Madison law firm of Stroud, Stroud, Willink, Thompson & Howard as associate attorneys.

Rebekah R. Syck, Marquette 1998, has joined Boyd, Agnew, Dryer & Storaasli Ltd. in Duluth, Minn., as an associate practicing in both Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Chad R. Taylor, U.W. 1996, recently was named chief legal counsel and senior policy advisor for Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Scott R. Jensen.

David J. Van Lieshout, St. Louis 1983, has joined the Appleton law firm of Menn, Nelson, Sharratt, Teetaert & Beisenstein Ltd., which has established a new Little Chute practice with Van Lieshout as resident shareholder. The new office is at 234 Grand Ave., Little Chute. Both offices practice personal injury, employment and business litigation, worker's compensation, business, tax, estate planning, probate, real estate, and elder law.

Andrew A. Wilson, Valparaiso 1993, has joined M&I Trust & Investment Management as vice president of M&I Trust Fox Valley. He has trust officer responsibilities for M&I Banks in Brandon, Fairwater, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Pickett, Ripon, and Rosendale. He formerly was a partner in Basiliere, Wilson & Goldin LLP, Oshkosh.

The Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers (WATL) recently elected the following officers for the 1998-99 year: president - Randall E. Reinhardt, Milwaukee; president-elect - Kevin Lonergan, Appleton; vice president - M. Angela Dentice, Brookfield; secretary - Keith R. Clifford, Madison; and treasurer - Susan Rosenberg, Milwaukee. Jay A. Urban, Milwaukee, was reelected chair of the New Lawyers Section, and Pamela R. Pelej, Milwaukee, was reelected chair of the Paralegal/Legal Assistants Section.

Mark L. Thomsen, Jay A. Urban, and Paul R. Van Grunsven have been elected to the WATL Board of Directors for two-year terms. Thomsen is a partner in Cannon & Dunphy S.C., Brookfield. Urban is an attorney in the law firm of Techmeier & Van Grunsven S.C., Milwaukee. Van Grunsven is a partner in the same firm. WATL is the largest voluntary statewide bar organization in Wisconsin with more than 1,000 members.

The Wisconsin Reserve Judges Association recently reelected the following to three-year terms: president - Reserve Judge Dennis D. Costello; vice president - Supreme Court Justice (ret.) William Callow; and secretary/treasurer - Reserve Judge William Jennaro.

Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. has added eight associates to its Milwaukee office and three to its Madison office. Joining the Milwaukee office are: Timothy R. Aik, Marquette 1989, practices estate planning, trusts, and probate law; Carrie Cox, Marquette 1998, practices telecommunications and government relations law; William L. Dowling, Marquette 1998, practices corporate law; Daniel P. Gustafson, U.W. 1996, practices environmental law; Andrew A. Jones, U.W. 1994, practices litigation; Alexander R. Kuszewski, Marquette 1996, practices intellectual property law; Mary C. McManus, Minnesota 1998, practices litigation; and Alan E. Wagner, Michigan 1998, practices intellectual property law. Joining the Madison office are: Jeanne M. Armstrong, U.W. 1993, practices litigation; William R. Kutsunis, U.W. 1996, practices corporate law; and Michael S. Rogowski, U.W. 1988, practices government relations.